Paid Members Tommy! Posted April 12, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, unfitfinlay said: Surely he knows that this isn’t going to work? I doubt it, but there's a first time for everything I suppose. Edited April 12, 2022 by Tommy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted April 12, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, WyattSheepMask said: Last o heard Gauntley was involved in some company doing something with arcade cabinets. Not sure if it was just selling new ones or refurbished ones or what, but that must’ve been at least a decade ago. My mates already been in touch about going but I’m not as enthusiastic as he seems to be They were little models of arcade cabinets. He did a runner without fulfilling all his orders. 42 minutes ago, King of Hamptons said: Also a lot of those early show matches, the dvd quality was awful! You can see how hit and miss the production was, even in the trailer they've released, jumping from broadcast quality stuff to MiniDV full of light bleeding. Might have to dig out my Kindle version of the 1PW book and find out who was actually in charge of production for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted April 12, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2022 17 minutes ago, chokeout said: They were little models of arcade cabinets. He did a runner without fulfilling all his orders. He seems to be as consistent with this shit as he was wrestling; he ran a business selling retro games art under the name 8-Bit Boutique, fucked up in the usual fashion, then relaunched it as PixeleyzArt on Etsy, now sells bad art and arcade cabinets as Pixel Eyes Gallery. Usual deal, continues to plug products while being chased for refunds for failing to deliver on what he's already sold. Disappears, comes back under a different name. There was the retro gaming magazine before that, and probably plenty of other efforts in that vein. For what it's worth, companies house has 1PW Ltd as being incorporated last July, with Gauntley and Adam Moverley as the listed directors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 12, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2022 IIRC the reason he was able to set up 1PW was because he was quite successful with 1UP Games, so at some point he knew what he was doing. Seems to have been all downhill from there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 If they're not running the Granby then I'm out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick James Posted April 12, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2022 The Granby was demolished years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members unfitfinlay Posted April 12, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Tommy! said: I doubt it, but there's a first time for everything I suppose. Fair point. I forgot who I was talking about there. “Surely he knows this isn’t going to work?” could have been said about pretty much any 1PW show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 46 minutes ago, Nick James said: The Granby was demolished years ago. A mercy killing. Didnt the owner (allegedly) torch it for the insurance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 12, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Snitsky's back acne said: A mercy killing. Didnt the owner (allegedly) torch it for the insurance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted April 13, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2022 the cheapest tickets are £27.50. Ringside are £67.50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westlondonmist Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 24 minutes ago, BomberPat said: the cheapest tickets are £27.50. Ringside are £67.50. Went to their ticket website, people have bought the front row ones. Don't know why anybody would pay £30 to meet Soho, James or RVD though. You buy those tickets directly through 1pw rather than the ticketing website so I would stay away from them. I don't know where 1pw fits in now anyway. Loads of promotions do imports, wwe tour constantly in the UK with a stadium show coming up. We are essentially waiting for a AEW tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 On 4/11/2022 at 7:46 PM, Tommy! said: Here's hoping for all the bollocks; dozens of imports on ever show with only half turning up, starting shows 2 hours late, finishing shows 4 hours late, internet spats and worked shoots over tape libraries & belts, internet spats and worked shoots about thefts from the locker room, people moaning for the next 5 years they've never got a refund for something. Fingers crossed lads. The glory days, in other words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 13, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2022 The highlight of 1PW for me was how they'd book politically difficult matches then bullshit their way out of them. Example - at No Turning Back they promoted Zero One's Masato Tanaka against Samoa Joe who'd either just started or was about to take bookings for Noah. Which ended in a massively disappointing count out after a short, disappointing match. This was immediately followed by TNA's Chris Daniels against ROH's Low Ki... which turned into an impromptu three way when Elix Skipper was inserted so neither would have to job for the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Never went to a 1PW but I've read the book. Fuck. That. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_3165 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I loved many of those shows back in the day and I will always appreciate 1PW getting Bret over for one of his first signing dates in the UK. I didn't really have many shows where talent DNAd. I wasn't big on the online shit etc that was going on, so I was purely a fan of them getting names over to wrestle. However, the moment he fucked up Muta coming in he lost my interest. The fact RPW had to pick up the date on that was a blessing as it was local to me. Though Stone v Muta was hardly breathtaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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